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"Now that the Far East Fleet is fighting fiercely with the Chinese Navy, I have asked the Admiralty to contact the Far East Fleet, but there is no news yet. However, now that the war has broken out, it is impossible to withdraw now! "Lord of the Admirals Frederick? William? Sir Richards said. Frankly speaking, the Far Eastern Fleet and the Chinese Navy would fight at this time, and he did not expect it at all. However, it has already happened, and he can't stop it.

"So, is the Far Eastern Fleet sure of victory?" The Marquess of Salisbury asked. This is what he values the most. If you can win, then even a qiē is not a problem. If you lose the battle, you will be in big trouble.

"The Chinese Navy suffered very minor losses in the battle against the Japanese Navy. Moreover, their 'Zhonghua-class' battleships performed very well in this battle. Therefore, the Far Eastern Fleet will not have any advantages. For victory, I can only pray for a miracle life! "Lord of the Admirals Frederick? William? Sir Richards said.

"So what is Filimantle doing? Is this trying to send the Far Eastern Fleet to death? The Marquis of Salisbury said with some anger. The Far East Fleet, which accounts for about one-fifth to one-quarter of the overall strength of the British Navy, is an important force for the British Navy to safeguard global interests. If the Far Eastern Fleet was defeated, or even if the Japanese fleet was completely annihilated, the British Navy's combat power would be severely weakened. And that's not the most important thing. What's more. Once the Chinese Navy has won the victory, then. They will no longer be afraid of the British Navy, and in the future British maritime supremacy will be provoked by stern provocations. It's not just China that will do this, but Germany, which is building new battleships at a rapid pace, may be even more eager to pull Britain down from its position as the supremacy of the sea. This will have a series of very strict consequences.

"This ......, the telegram of the Far East Fleet said, was that the Chinese Navy attacked the 'Pegasus' first. According to my estimate, the British and Chinese navies used the Pegasus for a Japanese warship. At the time of the great war between the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy. The Japanese Navy also hoisted the St. George flag. That's why there was such a misunderstanding. However, the Chinese side must have understood that this was a misunderstanding. But instead of clarifying the misunderstanding, they contributed to the outbreak of war, and I have to say that the Chinese may be hoping for such a battle. To establish their hegemony in the Far East and the Pacific once and for all! "Lord of the Admirals Frederick? William? Sir Richards analyzed.

"Those damn Japanese monkeys, they're all looking for trouble for us!" The Marquis of Salisbury said with some annoyance. He seems to have completely forgotten that he had agreed to the Japanese fleet flying the British naval flag. It's just that now the Japanese Navy has been wiped out, and hundreds of thousands of 6 armies are trapped in the Japanese archipelago, for Britain. It's not much use anymore. That's why the Marquis of Salisbury abandoned Japan.

"Your Excellency, what should we do now? Is it going to declare war on China? "Frederick? William? Sir Richards asked. In this case, Britain will inevitably be involved in the war.

"Let's wait for the results of the naval battle to come out! If the Far Eastern Fleet can gain superiority, we will immediately declare war on China. and sent warships to support the Far East Fleet, and then assisted the Japanese 6th Army to board the 6th. In the event of the defeat of the Far Eastern Fleet. We're going to have to declare war on China. However, the matter of sending the Navy to fight in the Far East has to be reconsidered! Said the Marquess of Salisbury. Britain's most important force in the Far East was the Far East Fleet. If the Far East Fleet is wiped out, Britain will only have tens of thousands of 6 armies left in the Far East. And the British 6th Army confirmed a few years ago that it was not an opponent of the Chinese 6th Army at all. Therefore, if he wanted to send a large army to China, the Marquis of Salisbury had little confidence.

"Yes, Your Excellency! I hope God will bless the Far Eastern Fleet! "Lord of the Admirals Frederick? William? Sir Richards said. However, if it were useful to pray to God, Vice Admiral Philmantle, commander of the British Far East Fleet, would have already begun to pray.

As the naval battle raged, the battle became increasingly unfavorable for the British Far East Fleet. Although, at 11:2o, the battleship "Counterattack" also hit the battleship "Shenzhou" of the Chinese Navy, and successfully destroyed the rear main turret of the "Shenzhou". However, it did not cause fatal damage to the Shenzhou. On the contrary, at 11:42, he was severely beaten by the remaining three 3o5 mm twin-mounted main guns of the 'Shenzhou'. A shell directly cut off the ship of the 'Counterattack' and opened a large hole in the ship. Although it was above the waterline, it also had a certain impact on the degree and balance of the Counterattack. As a result, the accuracy of the 'Counterattack''s shelling is getting worse and worse.

Immediately after, at 11:44, the battleship "Counterattack" hit the bridge of the heavy cruiser "Tianjin". The armor of the heavy cruiser 'Tianjin' was not as thick as that of the 'Zhonghua-class' battleships, and although it was equipped with new armor, it was not penetrated. But the huge force still caused heavy casualties to the Chinese naval soldiers in the bridge. The captain was also directly hit hard, and although he did not die on the spot, he could not continue to command the battle. Now the heavy cruiser 'Tianjin' was commanded by the gunnery chief. However, the gunfire of the heavy cruiser 'Tianjin' has not stopped, as if it wants revenge.

At 12:05, a salvo of the battleship "Yan Huang" inflicted fatal damage on the battleship "Hood" of the British Navy's Far East Fleet. During this shelling, two shells hit the Hood. A shell hit the power compartment of the Hood, blowing up the boiler. The hot steam leaked out of the boiler, killing the British soldiers inside, causing the power of the Hood to disappear completely, and the degree began to drop dramatically. Another shell destroyed the rear main gun of the Hood. The 'Hood' almost completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Soon, the battleship 'Hood' came to rest on the surface of the sea, like an iron coffin floating on the sea.

'Haha!' Well done Yan Huang'. Let the 'Yan Huang' and the 'Zhonghua' besiege the 'Empress of India' together, and the battleship 'Hood' will have destroyers to deal with, and send him to the bottom of the sea with two torpedoes! Deng Shichang laughed. The loss of a 'battleship' would greatly reduce the strength of the British Far East Fleet and would have a very significant impact on the morale of the British naval soldiers.

Soon, two light cruisers, with four destroyers, stormed the Hood. Light cruisers and destroyers of the British Far East Fleet, also rushed to stop. Fierce battles, and then explosions. If the battle between battleships was a battle of heavy cavalry in heavy armor, then the battle between destroyers was a battle of bayonets.

Four destroyers of the Chinese Navy, at a height of 3o knots, stormed the battleship 'Hood'. Behind them, two light cruisers were suppressing the destroyers and light cruisers of the other British Far East Fleet with great firepower.

The soldiers on the battleship "Hood" also realized the danger, and all the secondary guns opened fire one after another, attacking the approaching destroyers of the Chinese Navy in an attempt to stop them.

Destroyer of the Chinese Navy, in the rain of bullets in the west of Sichuan. The destroyer had a small displacement and almost zero armor. Not to mention the large-caliber main guns, even if they were hit by a 152-mm caliber naval gun, it was enough for them.

Fortunately, the 'Hood' is now completely stationary on the sea, and the destroyer can rush left and right, avoid some blind spots, and lightning strike the 'Hood'.

At 12:35 p.m., four destroyers of the Chinese Navy approached only two thousand meters away from the Hood, where they fired torpedoes. Eight 45o mm torpedoes flew towards the Hood, leaving a trail on the water. Because the "Hood" had no power, the eight torpedoes did not take the form of a fan attack, but aimed at the apostle of the battleship "Hood".

"Oh God!" The British sailors on the Hood were panicked. Some soldiers operated small-caliber guns and fired at torpedoes in an attempt to explode them. However, the effect is very insignificant. Some British sailors jumped into lifeboats and tried to flee for their lives.

Two minutes later, a torpedo fired by the Chinese Navy hit the apostle of the battleship Hood. Of the eight torpedoes, except for two British, who drilled through the bottom of the battleship 'Hood' because they were too deep, and the other one missed, the remaining five torpedoes all hit the battleship 'Hood'. Hit by 5 torpedoes, the Hood had no chance of survival. The warhead of each torpedo weighs 8o kilograms and has a charge of 5o kilograms, which is enough to severely damage a battleship.

I saw that the battleship 'Hood' was blown up from the sea and lifted more than two meters high from the sea in the violent explosion. Then it fell heavily to the surface of the sea and broke into several pieces. In less than a minute, it sank to the bottom of the sea. Of the hundreds of British soldiers on the battleship, only two survived.

"Your Excellency, the Hood has been sunk!" Lieutenant Colonel David reported the news to Lieutenant General Filimantel.

"I see!" Lieutenant General Filimantle didn't say much. With his head bandaged, he had already guessed the fate of the battleship Hood. However, with the sinking of the "Hood", the British Far East Fleet completely fell into disadvantage.

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